The key information we know

If you are just joining us, here is a recap of the major news we know around the car crash which has left Anthony Joshua injured and has seen two people killed.

The British boxing star, 36, was ‘rescued alive and sustained minor injuries’ and is understood to be receiving treatment in hospital.

The crash, along a busy stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Makun, happened at around 11am local time (10am GMT) on Monday.

Joshua was one of five men involved in the crash when the Lexus Jeep he was travelling in the back of ploughed into a stationary truck near a petrol station. His security entourage was following in a separate car.

Authorities said the black Lexus is believed to have been travelling ‘beyond the legally prescribed speed limit’ and lost control while making ‘an overtaking manoeuvre’.

Anthony Joshua hurt in car crash in Nigeria that killed two others